Poster



March 26, 1929. w J, SWEENEY 1,706,596

POSTER Filed July 28, 1928 INVENTOR Patented Mar. 26,1929.

UNITED STATES WILLIAM J. SWEENEY, EAST ORANGE, NEW JERSEY.

POSTER.

Application filed July 28,

This invention relatesto posters of the socalled flexible type and theobjects of the invention are to provide simple and inexpensive means forsupporting these large flexible posters, which can be easily. set up ortaken down, which can be folded into small space and which will begenerally practical and desirable.

The objects as set forth and others as Wlll appear later, are attainedin this invention by certain novel features of construction, combinationand relations of parts as hereinafter described and claimed.

The drawing accompanying and forming part of this specificationillustrates a practical commercial embodiment of the invention, but itshould be understood that the structure may be modified withoutdeparture from the true spirit and broad scope of the invention.

Fig. 1 is a perspective rear View of the poster; Fig. 2 is an enlargedsectional view of the double tubular spring connection between the tworods of the supporting structure.

The body of the poster is illustrated as a sheet of flexible materialprovided with edge strips 5 and 6.

The upper edge strip is shown ashaving a downwardly and rearwardly facedsocket 7 and the lower edge strip is shownas havin g a rearwardly anddownwardly faced socket 8.

Engaged with the upper socket '7 is a supporting rod shown as made up ofan upper section 9 telescopically fitted at 10 into the upper end of arod section 11.

A rod 12 forming a rearwardly projecting prop is shown entered in thesocket 8' in the lower edge strip.

The rearward end of the prop rod 12 is shown as shouldered to presenttheend sections 13, 1 1 of different diameters and similarly the lower endof the support rod 11 is shown as shouldered to present the end sections15, 16 of different diameters, but equal k to the diameters 13, 14respectively.

Engaged over the smaller end sections 13, 15 of the two rod members is atubular spring connector or coupling shown as a closely coiled wirespring 17 and engaged over the larger portions 14, 16 is a larger sizedtubu- 1928. Serial No. 295,518.

lar spring coupling in the form of a heavier wire coil spring 18.

The sectional View Fig. 2 shows how the outer coil spring encloses andbraces the inpound spring structure is sufficiently flexible to enablethe rods being bent toward each other enough to engage the ends of thesame in the sockets provided in the edge strips. This structure also islighter, more resilient and better suited to supporting a large posterthan a single coil spring made of much heavier wire. This is in tact duelargely to the bracing effect of one coil spring within the other, thetwo bending on different curves as shown in Fig. 2, so that they touchat different points and one helps to support the other.

Upon disconnecting the two rod sections 9 and 11, the parts may berolled with the poster into relatively small space, and if desired, therod members 11 and 12 may be disconnected by pulling one or the otherout of the connecting springs. The parts may just as easily be puttogether when the poster is set up.

What is claimed is:

1. In combination with a large flexible poster having edge strips,rod-like members engaged with said edge strips and projecting onconvergent angles from the rear of the poster, a spring connecting theconvergent ends of said rod-like members and a coiled spring surroundingsaid first spring as a casing and also connecting the convergent ends ofsaid rod-like members.

2. In combination with a. large flexible poster having edge strips,rod-like members engaged with said edge strips and projecting rearwardlyon convergent angles, a silient spring casing connecting the convergentends of the rod-like mon'ibers and a spring connection between theconvergent ends of said members within said spring casing and supportedthereby.

3. In combination with a large flexible poster having edge strips,rod-like members engaged with said edge strips and projecting rearwardlyon convergent angles, a resilient spring casing connecting theconvergent ends of the rod-like members, a spring connection between theconvergent ends of said members within said spring casing and supportedthereby, one of said rod-like mom- 0 rs consisting of telescopicallyjoined detachable parts.

4:, In combination with a large flexible poster having edge strips,rod-like members engaged with said edge strips and projecting rearwardlyon convergent angles, a resilient spring casing coimecting theconvergent ends of the rod-like members, a spring connection between theconvergent ends of said members within said spring casing and supportedthereby, said spring casing being opened at opposite ends and theadjacent ends of the rod-like members being inserted in the open ends ofsaid casing.

5. In combination with a flexible poster, a supporting structurethere-for comprising rods engageable with the poster, said rods havingshouldered ends, a tubular spring engaged over the shouldered endportions of 6. The combination with a flexible poster,

a supporting structure therefor, comprising rods engaged with theposter, said rods having end portions of two different diameters, atubular connecting spring engage-clover the end portions of smallerdiameter and a surrounding tubular spring over said first tnbular springand engaged with the shouldered portion of larger diameter.

7. As a new article of manufacture, a supporting structure for flexibleposters, comprising rods having end portions o'l ditferent diameters andtubular spring connectors ergaged over said portions of diiifei. ntdiameter and one enclosing the other to re inforce and brace each otheras said con nectors are bent in bringing the rods into angled relation.7

In testimony whereof E affix my signature.

"WILLIAM J. SWEENEY.

